Song Jin Research Group

Song Jin

Position title: Professor

Email: jin@chem.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-1562

Academic Appointments

9/13 to present  Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

7/10 to 8/13      Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

8/04 to 6/10      Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1/05 to present  Faculty member of Materials Science Program (MSP), UW-Madison

Education

2002-2004     Postdoctoral FellowHarvard University, Cambridge, MA. Advisor: Charles M. Lieber

2002              PhD in Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Advisor: Francis J. DiSalvo.

1997              B.S. in Chemistry, Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, China.

Awards and Honors

ACS Inorganic Nanoscience Award (2014)

H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, U. of Wisconsin-Madison (2013)

Research Corporation SciaLog Collaborative Innovation Award for Solar Energy Conversion (2012)

Vilas Associate Award, U. of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)

Research Corporation Scialog Award for Solar Energy Conversion (2011)

Sloan Research Fellowship (2009)

ACS ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Fellowship Award (2008)

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award (2007)

DuPont Young Professor (2007)

MIT Technology Review TR35 Award (Top 35 Young Innovators under the age of 35) (2006)

NSF CAREER Award (2006)

3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2006)

Cornell University Graduate School Travel Grants (2001)

Peking University Student Research Scholarship (1996)

Excellent Student in Honors Science Program (1996)

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Peking University (1995&1994)

Gold Medal in Chinese National Chemistry Olympiad (1992)

Teaching and Educational Outreach

Courses taught:

  • Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials (Chem 630&653) Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Spring  2010, Spring 2008, Fall 2005 (new course)
  • Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (Chem 630)          Fall 2008, Fall 2010 (partially redeveloped course)
  • Fundamentals of Analytical Sciences (Chem 329)    Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
  • Fundamentals of Analytical Sciences (Chem 327)    Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2009, Spring 2005, Fall 2004

Curriculum development and educational outreach activities:

  • Developed a new graduate course (Chem 630: Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials)
  • Developed a web course on nanoscience and nanotechnology for high school teachers in collaboration with Prof. John Moore and graduate student Janice Hall
  • Discovering Nanoscience (“Nano BootCamp”) Workshop for high school students (Jan 2008 & Feb 2009)
  • Open-house, lab tour, and on-line chats for high school teachers participating in the on-line course for nanoscience and nanotechnology
  • Lab tour and interactions with students with disability from Midwest Alliance for Science and Technology (Oct 2006 & Jan 2007)
  • Guest lectures on nanoscience and nanomaterials in Chem 104 and Chem 511 (Feb and May 2008)
  • Guest lectures to REU students in chemistry and nanoscience (2009-2016)

Public outreach activities:

  • Invited to write a perspective on nanoelectronics for Technology Review magazine (September 2006)
  • Interacted and interviewed with popular media (McClatchy News Group) to discuss nanomaterials for solar energy (Oct 2008)
  • Interacted and provided images for science-as-art exhibit (TINY Art) at Madison airport and Madison science café (2009, 2008)
  • Interacted and provided images to national and international magazines, such as Scientific American, New York Times Syndicate, SEED, Nano, DeIngenieur (2008)
  • Provided image for the cover of the text book, The Science and Engineering of Materials, 6th edition, the SI edition, by Cengage Learning (2010).
  • Exhibit on thermal science and thermoelectric energy conversion at the Wisconsin State Fair (2012)
  • Exhibits and activities on nanomaterials and crystals at Wisconsin Science Festival (Oct 2014, Oct 2015, Oct 2016)
  • Participated in the Cool Science Image Art Exhibit at the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research McPherson Eye Research Institute (2014).
  • Gave interview with Wisconsin Public Radio about our research work on new earth-abundant catalysts (Sept 2015)

Professional Affiliation and Synergistic Activities

  1. Senior Editor, ACS Energy Letters (May 2017 – )
  2. Conference organizers and program committees:
    • US Co-Chair for the 12th Sino-US Nano Forum 2017 in Beijing, China
    • Lead organizer for a symposium on “Materials and Nanostructures for Magnetic Skyrmions” for the 2016 MRS Fall meeting
    • Lead organizer for a symposium on Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy Applications for PacifiChem 2015
    • Lead organizer for a symposium on “Mesoscale Architectures: Synthesis, Assembly, Properties, and Applications” for the 2014 MRS Fall meeting
    • Co-organizer for a symposium on “Materials for Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Energy Harvesting and Storage” for the 2014 MRS Spring meeting
    • Co-organizer for the 1st National Academy of Sciences US-Israel Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium (June 2013)
    • Lead organizer for a symposium on “Sustainable solar energy conversion using earth-abundant materials” for the 2013 MRS Fall meeting
    • Co-organizer for the symposia on Low-Dimensional Electronic and Photonic Devices at the 216th (2009), 218th (2010), 222nd (2012), 224th (2013), 226th (2014), 228th (2015), 230th (2016), 232th (2017),  Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meetings.
    • Organized a symposium on 1-D nanomaterials in 233rd ACS National meeting (2007);
    • Program organizing committee for SPIE Optics East 2007: Nanomaterials Synthesis, Interfacing, and Integrating in Devices, Circuits, and Systems II;
    • Local program committee for 65th Physical Electronic Conference (PEC) in 2005.
  3. NSF Materials by Design Workshop (March 2011); DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Workshop “Toward a Strategic Vision for Chemical and Biological Defense”, Participant and White Paper reviewer, Aug 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.
  4. Proposal Reviewers: NSF (DMR & CHE), NSF CAREER, NSF CREST/HBCU-RISE, DOE BES, DOE EERE, DOE ARPA-E, PRF, Research Corporation, German DFG Priority Program, Austrian Science Fund, Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Molecular Foundry of DOE LBNL.
  5. On-site scientific reviewer for DOE Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Batteries and Energy Storage Energy Innovation Hub, July 2014.
  6. Journal Advisory/Editorial Board: Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advance.
  7. Journal referees: Science (7 papers), Nature (4), Nature Materials (4), Nature Chemistry (4), Nature Nanotechnology (3), Nature Photonics (2), Nature Physics, Nature Energy, Nature Communications (10), Nature Rev. Materials, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (PNAS) (5), Science Advances, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (63), Nano Lett. (58), Chem. Mater. (21), J. Phys. Chem. (25), ACS Nano (15), ACS Energy Letters, Inorg. Chem. (4), ACS Catalysis, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, Langmuir(2), Crys. Growth. Design (9), Angew. Chem.(4); Adv. Mater. (5), Adv. Funct. Mater.(2), Adv. Energy Mater., Small (6), Chem. Comm. (6), Chemical Sciences, Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Acct. Chem. Res., Energy Environ. Sci. (8); J. Mater. Chem.(7),Phys. Rev. Lett.,  J. Chem. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett. (3), J. Appl. Phys., Materials Today, Nanotechnology (3), J. Solid State Chem.(3), J. Mater. Res., J. Crys. Growth., J. Electrochem. Soc., Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., J. Nanosci. and Nanotech., Mater. Sci. Eng., Thin Solid Films, Solid State Sci., J. Vac. Sci. Tech.
  8. Memberships: American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), The Electrochemical Society (ECS), The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Departmental and University Service

  • Material chemistry steering committee (2006- 2013), chair (2006 – August 2011, July 2017 – ),
  • Member of Chemistry Department Finance Committee (September 2015 – June 2017)
  • Member of Materials Science Center Advisory Board (June 2015 -)
  • Member of the China Task Force for the Provost (Fall 2014)
  • Member of Chemistry Department Faculty Award Committee (2014 -)
  • Member of Physical Science Division Committee (September 2013 – May 2016)
  • Member of the Campus planning Committee for Wisconsin Energy Institute Phase II (2012)
  • Member of the review committee of Department of Geoscience at UW-Madison (Spring 2010)
  • Faculty member of University of Wisconsin Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium (2005-).
  • Graduate recruiting committee (Fall 2006-2011, 2012-)
  • Instrument Task Force (March 2009 – Nov 2009)
  • Faculty search committee (Fall 2005, Fall 2010)
  • Graduate Curriculum and Carnegie Initiative Committee (Fall 2004 – Spring 2006)
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2008 – 2010, 2012-)
  • Web committee (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005)
  • Represented the department at 36th Annual Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Conference in St. Louis to promote the recruitment of minority students (April 2009)